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This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementA representative for Sternlicht told Business Insider the house was to be demolished but did not provide further comment. The tony island of Nantucket is a favorite among billionaires like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Blackstone leader Steve Schwarzman. "Erosion takes out houses, roads, infrastructure, sewer beds, even airport runways," he told Business Insider. Despite the island's propensity for natural destruction, the town has strict rules regarding what structures owners can take down.
Persons: Barry, Sternlicht, Forbes, Shelly Lockwood, tony, Eric Schmidt, Steve Schwarzman, James Pallota, Pallota, Lockwood, Brendan Maddigan, Steven Cohen, Cohen Organizations: Service, Billionaire, Business, Sternlicht, Nantucket Current, Blackstone, Celtics, Boston Globe Locations: Nantucket
But in stark contrast to the eight-figure homes is another common Nantucket practice: giving away homes for free. It is much cheaper, however, to move a "free" house onto a property than to construct an entirely new dwelling. Some of the 'free' homes do good for the communitySome of Nantucket's year-round workforce lives in repurposed "free" homes. Maremagnum/Getty ImagesBuyers of the "free" homes fall into three main categories, Cohen told Business Insider. Since 1994, Housing Nantucket has repurposed 39 "free" homes into income-capped rentals on the island.
Persons: , Stephen Schwarzman, Dave Portnoy, Anne Kuszpa, It's, Steven Cohen, Cohen, they're, there's, Kuszpa Organizations: Service, Blackstone, Barstool, Wall Street Journal, Housing, Business Locations: Nantucket, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Housing Nantucket, Miacomet
Dave Portnoy bought a $42 million waterfront home in Nantucket, The Wall Street Journal reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementDave Portnoy bought a record-setting $42 million home in Nantucket, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the deal. Photography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDPhotography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDThe sale set a residential real estate record for the island as well as the entire state of Massachusetts, according to the Nantucket Current. AdvertisementAdvertisementPhotography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDPhotography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDThe waterfront compound, built in 2018, was designed by Andrew Kotchen, a renowned local architect and designer, Dunlap said. Photography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDPhotography: Read McKendree, Architecture and interior design: Workshop/APDTunnels in luxury homes aren't entirely new.
Persons: Dave Portnoy, , Portnoy, Shellie Dunlap, Andrew Kotchen, Dunlap, Alice, Ron Syrnyk, Peter Engen, Lee Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Lee, Street, Penn Entertainment, Insider Locations: Nantucket, Massachusetts, Wonderland
Billionaire Charles Johnson has fought to stop a clam shack opening next to his Nantucket cottage. Steve Karp, the CEO of Nantucket Island Resorts, owns a property empire, including the proposed clam shack restaurant on Straight Wharf, the publication reported. "It's 18 inches from my bedroom," Johnson told The Current. "I don't want to carry a grudge," Johnson told The Current. The site of the proposed Straight Wharf Fish Market is 18 inches from Johnson's cottage, "Omega," which Bloomberg valued at $6.5 million.
Persons: Charles Johnson, Johnson, Charles Schwab, Eric Schmidt, Steve Karp, Kevin Burleson, Burleson, Gabriel Frasca, Fresca, Danielle DeBenedictis, Harvey Jones, " Karp, DeBenedictis Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, San Francisco Giants, Franklin Resources, Alcohol Beverages Control, Resorts, Nantucket Locations: Nantucket, Wall, Silicon, Wharf, Massachusetts
Five cars rented by the Secret Service in Nantucket burst into flames a day after being returned. The cars were used by Secret Service agents during President Joe Biden's Thanksgiving trip. Neither Biden nor his family rode in the cars during the trip, a Secret Service spokesman told NBC. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, told NBC10 Boston the vehicles were rented from a Hertz outlet at the Nantucket Memorial Airport. Representatives at the Secret Service and the Nantucket Police Department did not immediately return Insider's requests for comment.
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